Ivan Bernicki

Ivan Bernicki (died August 1941) was a Belarusian auxiliary police chief under Nazi Germany during World War II. He was murdered by Tuvia Bielski as an act of revenge for Bernicki's hunting of Jews across Belarus.

Biography
Ivan Bernicki was born in Congress Poland, Russian Empire, and he became a police chief under Poland. He administered the area near Nowogrodek (now Navahrudak, Belarus), and he was known to be corrupt; he allowed for the Bielski family to smuggle goods on the black market, although he was always at odds with David Bielski, the patriarch of the family. In 1941, Bernicki collaborated with the SS Einsatzgruppen to murder several Jews in the area near the Lipczynska Forest (Naliboki Forest, Belarus), hunting them down and handing them over to Nazi Germany's forces for money. He was responsible for killing the Bielskis, so Tuvia Bieski acquired a revolver from Konstanty Kozlowski and headed to Bernicki's home on a stormy night. He made Bernicki knee in front of him, and he shot Bernicki's two sons as they reached for their weapons; he proceeded to shoot Bernicki, sparing only his wife.